After binging dozens of Wyloch’s amazing videos, my main takeaway is that chipboard is the grayish brownish stuff you find at the back of a legal pad.

The Baldur's Gate games were and still are incredible.

Wyloch I have to say thank you for continuing to find “easy” crafts for us to watch and emulate. So many of the other crafters we’ve watched for years either only sporadically post now or use a lot more 3d printed things and unfortunately a lot of us can’t afford such luxuries. You however continue to give such great inspiration and I personally thank you so much.

Full re-enactment of the entire BG story incl all locations. Lifetime quest started 👌

The music kicked in at @1:40 and I was TRANSPORTED back in time. Thanks for this.

I'm 52 and LOVED The Baldurs Gate Games. I still have BG and Neverwinter night 1 & 2 Great games

The best thing about this channel is the optimism. It would be fun to hang out with you in real life.

That dry-brushing, then washing, the roofs was really satisfying to watch.

YES! Wyloch is the man! I love the old infinity engine games so much, can't wait to see more...

When I say you nailed the aesthetic, I mean you sunk it with 16 penny pole barn spikes. These are absolutely perfect, I mean the finished houses look like a screen grab from the game. You did great and I love the look of these.

I'm 38 and all the Infinity Engine games are among my favourites of all time. I'd LIKE to think it'd be the same if I were much younger, but who can say.

I made it 30 seconds into this video before saying, YEAH - 100% YEAH!!! Downloaded!!!

Love your channel man! 35 year old father of 3 goblins. Crafting our first adventure and your vids are an absolute blessing! Thanks man!

HAHA JOKES ON YOU! I already have baldurs gate installed

Nice job! I'm 35 and I also must agree about how Baldur's Gate is awesome game

OMG more BG inspired content - the world can never get to much of that :D

You've probably already figured out or decided a solution but maybe you could put a trim of sidewalk or gravel around each building so it Blends more easily into a flat table top, that way you could use say a grassy mat or a cobblestone map and place them willy-nilly all over the place and get all sorts of cool angles with the buildings, like you see in medieval towns that don't necessarily have straight roads at their City centers

I hear the Baldur's Gate Soundtrack in my head while you're doing this!

I was born in 1999 and was introduced to Baldur’s Gate very early by my cousin. I basically never stopped playing it.

I absolutely love ALL of your vids. They're a real comfort to me.

Brilliant project! Since your break and return you seem so much more at ease and genuinely passionate about the projects. That’s awesome!

I always love your videos because the materials and techniques harken back to a simpler time where I was effectively dumpster diving and trying to stretch a dollar to decorate the table top. It was just the joy of crafting rather that trying to make things look like prefect minatures. The homemade accessible crafty approach to just have something better than books to play around. I just missed Baldurs Gate but that era aesthetic is burned into my soul and influenced a lot I grew up with. Honestly my first thought was Runescape lol. Your approach marries so perfectly to those old graphics. Probably why I love middlehammer stuff so much. It's a mood.

Baldur's gate 1 and 2 were the best RPG games ever made, true!

Welp off to play Baldur's Gate for the 50th time. There goes my next couple weeks. THANKS WYLOCH.

It holds so much loving memories, both the 1st & the 2nd. They are the definition of classic RPG's. A quick tip i use for the grating of the windows....i spray 1 side, the non sticky side, of a dry wall mesh tape black and then you can stick it on the windows before adding the frames on them. It is very thin and it lets you see whatever is below the tape perfectly well.

You won the internet today.

Would have gone with Bottle caps myself for those Columns. I go threw more Arizona tea's then I care to admit and those large caps would be good for some landmarks. Think of London's Nelson's Column, Trafalgar Square and/or Monument to the Great Fire of London. These are roman pillar's that have statues at the top (for some reason). Pepsi and Coke bottle caps would work for smaller columns. While I do not go threw as much Pepsi (out side of a family get together) as I do tea. You can almost find them every where if you spend the weekend cleaning parks and roadsides. Or just leave a collection cup out at work with a note saying you need them for them for craft projects.

BG2 is the best game ever. Started replaying 1 and 2 after they gave a release date for BG3 at the Game Awards

That music at 26:40 takes me back! Great nostalgic project. And yes, I will be reinstalling BG2 this afternoon!

As a long time viewer, there is an amazing phenomenon that I love when I'm about to start a new project and Wyloch comes out a new video covering it haha

I love the energy and practicality of this project. The finished product is pretty satisfying and is a great demonstration of time to benefit. The overall philosophy is spot on - put something together and enjoy it.

Yes! I've been waiting for a new crafting video for forever. 😁

What do you mean, 'Sudden re-installs of Baldur's Gate'? I have had that game installed and ready to play on EVERY PC i've had since it came out AND I have the cartridge for the Switch literally within arm's reach. Hell, the box with the CD's is placed on the shelf above my monitors! This is AWESOME!

You are so right. Baldur's Gate being the most-played game of my childhood (next to Fallout 2) led to me being surprised to see other regions being featured. Sure, Icewind Dale was also there, but it was also located in the Sword Coast, just like Neverwinter.

Man, my favourite video game of all time, even after all these years! ("Go for the eyes, Boo! Yaarg!") The results look great, and it seems like you had fun with this one, good stuff

I like that new Baldur's Gate video series! Very Cool :)

Another amazing project! One thing I love about your tutorials is that you always remind us that what we do is up to us. You give us easy and affordable options, to use or not, that can look amazing. My key take away from the entire video is you trying to decide, are you emulating Baldur's Gate, or were you inspired BY Baldur's Gate. I generally look at stuff for inspiration, not really to copy exactly. I've been looking at the post-apocalyptic game Kenshi myself lately. I think your project is going great as is. Paired with the road tiles and set plan of working around 6x6, just great. I'm rambling now, but one last time, amazing job. Really looking forward to the follow on videos.

beautiful! People would definitely pay for that. That makes it professional.

I honestly like the road tiles, it really looks like a town with the roads. Maybe just make some that are all sidewalk and some that are all road to add some variety to the mix?

What, why didn't I get notified Wyloch had posted?! *watches* I love that your projects are almost always modular to a standard size. *watching again* I'm in agreement that sometimes road tiles can hold one down. Great stuff as always, Wyloch. I hope the family is well and that work is not too onerous. God bless!

I can definitely see some of Irenicus's lab from BG2 in your aesthetic, looking back. Especially the bedazzling stuff. Love the builds, they look like they're as clean as an elven arse :D

Honorable mention, Champions of Norath .so good

for the windows on the large townhouse, you might want to paint the wood pieces the same way Wylock did his batches of books. just a handful of spars in the hand and put some paint on top and rub it in with your fingers. its messy, but its just so much faster than painting them all individually with a brush.

This makes me wonder if anybody has ever recreated the full town before. Nice work!

Great video! I love the “lessons learned “ throughout the production!

This is the kind of craft content I want more of. Anyone can do this it's very inspiring.

Thank you , looking forward to a lot more of this. HEALTHY, HAPPY, PROSPEROUS and PEACEFUL NEW YEAR to , you , your family and all seeing this.

I can't begin to tell you how this video has inspired me. I have loved the Baldur's Gate series ever since they came out. They were my entry point to all things D&D and CRPGs, and they sit next to Planescape: Torment as the best computer games I've ever played. I'm fairly new to this type of crafting, but I have decided, after watching this video, to build Candlekeep Inn, inside and outside. That's my new year's resolution. It might take me months, but when I'm done it'll be as clean as an elven... :)

The pure nostalgia from seeing buildings from Balders Gate coming to life in miniature form is really nice. I can almost see the random guards coming up to tell you that you can't sleep in the middle of town.

I love when you're working on something you can tell you're passionate and excited about - this video was so fun to watch! Everything looks great!

Looking forward to your future build of the tree at the center of Kuldahar that will take up an entire room.

joke's on you i always have baldur's gate installed. seriously though this looks amazing, and i really hope to see more pieces like these. if anything will get me to crack and finally try my hand at terrain building it'll be this.

Nostalgia engaged. You did a great game justice.

Happy three king day ! 💙✌💚🌲

Not much to say except AWESOME!

Good to see cardboard being used and buildings constructed from scratch -no lazer cut MDF...bliss! Can't wait to see what you come up with next as this is a great start!

Wyloch is my favourite crafting channel, because he seems to always be lead by inspiration and personal interest, which is much more engaging than algorithm chasing or whatever. I also really like the way he approaches builds. Not to say other channels aren't fun, but Wyloch's stuff is more likely to result in me actually making stuff for my games.

If we ever become separated it is imperative that you make your way to the Friendly Arm Inn...

To me, BG and IWD were "new" DnD. I grew up playing BX and 1E in the 80s. It deffinately captures the spirit of DnD even if I don't see D20 and feats as actual DnD. Maybe the best video games ever, up there with Fallout 1, 2 and the OG Legend of Zelda.

*sees title before clicking* Me: well looks like I’m downloading Baldurs Gate again…. 😂

Can’t reinstall what I never uninstall. 😎 Literally finished another playthrough last month. GREAT project.

So yesterday I was bored, none of my regular channels had uploaded new content for a bit, so… I downloaded Baldur’s Gate off Steam and start to play it, introducing my youngest to what awesomeness is. I wake up to find Wyloch making BG for real, and predicting an upsurge in downloads. For the first time I’m ahead of the curve, not last to the party. This looks awesome. I’m going to be very interested to see the whole lot together once you’ve made the whole thing, like with your dungeon epics. You’re gonna need a bigger garage floor my friend. Keep up the good work.

You could build sets of stairs to go under all of the doors to use them on a battlemat.

You should make a video on your storage system. I've run out of room. Where do you keep all your stuff? Do you rent a storage space? Between you and DM Scotty and Black magic craft I've made so many things but I have them stacked up on top of each other now, I have book shelves full and bins galore. It kind of a fun problem to have, I never thought I'd have so much of my own art.

I'd planned on doing this for ages.. now someone has done it to show my brain what it will look like

Vacationing in Italy right now and you have me itching to get back and work on some of these. These have some Roman/Tuscan-esque looks I'm seeing here. Love it man!

You're always an inspiration. I had my time playing Baldur's Gate of course so this was definitely an awesome video for me.

I love Baldur's Gate. It was the first big RPG game I ever bought for PC. Such a great game. Baldur's Gate 2 blew my mind. I loved how I grew attached to not just my character, but my companions. Sooo good. I will say though, I think Story-wise, and music-wise, I do prefer Icewind Dale a little more. While I do like the idea of creating my own party from Icewind Dale, I did miss the banter that would occur from companions that we had in Baldur's Gate. So that aspect I did like a little more in Baldur's Gate. Especially part 2. Both games are just absolute gems in my eyes. Love them both. I am infact replaying Baldur's Gate now. I aim to go through 1, Dragon Seige (cause I've never played it) then part 2, then Throne of Bhaal (because I never got to play it).

I just reached 36 this year man. Guess we’re in the same boat. But keep up the good work! Watching your vids has been a great pastime for me :)

I think designing with no roads is the way to go, that way the buildings can be placed on anything, as for the doors that are lifted up and the distance, make some joining spacers. basically like the road sections but only cobbles, that way each building can have a section where appropriate to connect to other tiles. personally I'd make each section with the intention of sliding under a building a inch or so, so the are not little faffy bits that will get knocked in gameplay, maybe some tabs to connect on the underside.

The thinner roads would have still worked perfectly fine considering the lore behind Baldur's Gate architecture was the roadways were thin ny design to help with defense of the city from invaders that breached the outer walls. Either way though, great work as always, good sir.

Nailed it, bud. Looks good. I am borrowing this technique for both DnD and wargaming.

Awesome opening line!!!

I remember getting the baldurs gate game from my local library as a young kid, asking my parents to translate the dialogues for me. This game opened up a whole New world and ive played multiple playthroughts ever since. Baldurs gate truely is one of the greatest games of all time. Go for the eyes Boo, go for the eyes!

If you add a few drops of artist's acrylic flow aid/improver to your ink and matte medium mix, the result is pretty much the same as the contrast paints from GW.

Buetiful buildings nice job good to see your videos again .

I fully expect you to have the whole city of BG crafted with a couple of years.

Really love this! I remember when I was getting into D&D I wanted to do sth similar and made one of these obilisk like signposts with polmerclay. Great Video!

Great video (as usual) Wyloch! I love how you capture your process, backpedaling and all. I also love your lighting solution for your workarea. I've been a subscriber to your channel for a long time and this is the first time I've noticed it.

This was pretty awesome! :D Also, replayed BG2 again last year. Still great!

They look great, now I'm gonna have to make a few. Probably gonna use them for Frostgrave. Nice work!

I'm lazy, I'd probably go battle map and no roads but I do love seeing road tiles get made. And maybe just a little green. In corners and sparse

Just finished your tomb of horrors uncut video and I am thoroughly impressed! Great attention to detail, and very creative workarounds to stay true to the original artwork and engineering of the original inspirational material. If you're ever feeling bored or extremely ambitious, you could always do the Dancing Hut of Baba Yaga, Temple of Elemental Evil, or the Ruins of Undermountin. Great job, keep up the great work, and good luck on your future endeavors! You've gained a new sub for sure!

Great stuff friend 👏 👍

@20:00 "Just keep in motion, as long as you keep it damp, you'll be alright." Here's a tip that you guys might find to be helpful from the more traditional art world (canvas and the like). One of the core strengths of acrylics, the drying time, is also it's biggest weakness. This stuff just skins PDQ. Sometimes, you want to prevent that. In the traditional art world, this is mainly so that we can wet blend colors together like we would if it was an oil painting. What you can do is get yourself a fine mist sprayer and *lightly* spray the area you want to prevent from drying. There's some important notes to go with that though - The hardware store type sprayers will certainly not be fine enough and I know this from experience. What you want is the type geared towards cosmetics. You need a uniform ultra fine spray pattern. I would link one that I use but YT likes to nuke links. Just look up something like 'ultra fine water mister for cosmetics'. Some brands that make the right thing would be - delta, temu, flairosol, beutify, alpree. This does take a bit of practice to get right. Too little water and it won't be effective. Too much and you'll make your paint run. Don't use tap water in there. It'll go off and make the thing smell musty and moldy every time you use it. Since you're aerosolizing the water, it will be *very* noticeable. If for some reason you're forced to use tap water, don't leave it in there when you're done. Empty the thing and spray out all the water in the tube and leave it sitting open to dry out. Since you're painting on an absorbent surface here, it'll be important to wet the surface before you put paint down. If you follow these steps, you'll be putting wet paint on a wet surface and covering it with a film of water. The paint literally can't dry at all until the layer either under the paint or over the paint dries. This *might* be hypothetically useful for wet blending on miniatures too. I'm curious to know but I won't be trying it myself as I paint miniatures with oil paints. If you try it out for yourself, I would be very interested to hear your results. Edit - I did some searching and you can see a demo of the technique here v=p1Uk6mwaW1k

for me it was always Icewind Dale. but ill happy give baldurs gate a very close 2nd :) however, no re-install necessary. as theyre always installed

Good job man. KZfaq stopped reminding I am subbed. I looked up a BMC last night and sure enough Susan remembered I am subbed to lots of crafting DMs. Guess it’s been about a year since I’ve seen one of yo ur vids.

Aahh... Yes. Nice music. ♪♫

The wat you constructed the columns was great. Cabt wait to try!

Baldur's Gate is GoaT tier

"My hotel's as clean as an elven arse!"

i would absolutely LOVE to see more videos like this! I love seeing someone essentially craft an entire city!

Dude, I've been out of the crafting game for a long time now, but I gotta say, your projects are still inspiring. Great choice doing this video!

Replaying BG at the moment - about halfway through - so this is rather timely. Especially since I'm about to work up some fantasy terrain for Rangers of Shadow Deep and some D&D

Rather than the painter's tape have you tried framing tape to seal the edges of the cardboard? It's an uncoated kraft paper, so it's pretty strong and definitely paintable. These days there's self-adhesive variants but the traditional option is a gummed paper tape. We used it recently to seal the edges of a costume for our four-year-old and it worked really well - super-durable, stuck quickly and painted over without problems, no hot glue required.

While I liked the Baldur's Gate PC games, the old Dark Alliance games are what really form the town for me. Especially the first chapter of the first game which is set there, and co-op with friends being fun with it. If you want another option for the roads, you can get a rather cheap thing for long strips of ones that are pretextured and decently colored if your local Dollar Tree still has some of their Christmas stuff out because there's 2" and 3" wide strips of cobblestone that you can unroll and use, if you want a different color, they paint easily enough. As a side note, when doing shingles, you might want to consider spending a bit of money on a paper cutter, I'd originally gotten one to cut some adhesive backed felt when I was making a few dice boxes/trays with some "cigar" boxes that Walmart has in their craft isle (I'd used the local library's maker space to engrave a cool image in the top with a laser, stained the wood, used the cutter to line the interior with the felt, and swapped the hardware for some nicer looking ones...needed one for myself due to getting some rather nice metal dice that could damage tabletops in some places). For anything with straight cuts on most paper based things up to some cardstocks (soft drink cases) it works great, and most have measurements marked on the base, so just start with two clean sides at a right angle, and you can keep going through it for the strips. Unfortunately, the later cuts are still a thing to do by hand, but that tends to go rather quickly with the strips that you need to measure being done quickly.

Wonderful opening to the new year, mate. Looking forward to more, as always. Stay well :)

I haven't even played baldur's gate and I'm getting nostalgia

Amazing as always. Amazing

So one of your other videos was in my recommendations, and while that particular one didn't speak to me, I decided to check your channel to see what else you had to offer. I was DELIGHTED to see this. I love love love Baldur's Gate, and those finished crafts are fantastic. Wonderful stuff.